St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-22

Ihe cIlu4vI election in Newark. n. j.. has
oeen held, Joseph L. Haynes. Dem ocrat,
was reelected mayor by about 1000 majority
The Republicans retain control Of :he
council. Besides the Democratic nomna-
tons there were Law and Order and LABOR
| tckets. The Law and Order vote was
larger than anticipated and was mostly
drawn from the Republican side.
The municipal election in Chattanooga,
Tenn, has resulted in the election of john
b. Nicklin, a Democrat and ex-Fcdcral
soldier, as mayor, by 1l6 majority, and the
election of the entire Republican alder
manic ticket by about 500 majority On u
strict party vote the Republican majority
is about / POO.
AT the election in Alfred Centre, n. Y, the
flrst under the new incorporation, ten
women cast votes and the election officers
received them, declaring that the legal
| opinions gathered and published by counsel
for the Womans Suffrage party had con-
Vlnced them Of the legal right Of women to
| vote
! At meeting of the Woman's Suffrage
/ party in New York, it was announced that
the Noman's Christian Union of the State
had resolved to 90 to the polls and vote this
| fall.
The reported eviction of settlers from the
unearned land grants Of the St. Paul and
| Sioux City railroads has been brought to the
attention of Attorney General Garland by
| State Attorney General Baker, Of Iowa in
letter in which he appeals for Federal assist
| ance IN protecting the settlers until the qlles-
ton OF their right to the lands held by them
| can be determined by the courts The Attor-
nev General has referred the letter to the
| Secretary OF the Interior for such suggestions
as he may deem proper under the circum-
stances.
A delegation of three Oneida Indians have
called at the Interior Department to urge
the settlement of a claim of 5000 which
the tribe has against the government They
claim that originally 600 of their tribe settled
on the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin. and
they We're subsequently joined by 200 more
OF the tribe which had been sent out from
New York, and that they had never been
allowed anything for the lands taken and
held by the New York Indians Secretary
Lamar told them that their claim should
have early attention.
telegram from Ottawa saws the captaiu
OF the seized American ship Bridgewater. at
Shelburne, Nova Scotia has refused to clear
his vessel fora foreign port on the conditions
Stipulated by the department of customs He
not only refuses to pay the expenses con-
nected with the seizure of the vessel but de-
mands clearance papers to another Canadian
port, and, unless the customs authorities
allow him to clear his ship when and for
where he pleases, he threatens to bring action
against the government.
The fourth story of building on State
street Chicago, was damaged bv fire le-
Gently Richard Moore, aged sixty years,
perlshed from suffocation, and his wife was
so badly burned that she died on the way to
the hospital. The fire was caused by the up
setting OF coal-oil lamp.
An express train on the New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio railroad collided with a.
freight train on side track, owing to mis-
placed switch, at Warren, O, Both engines
and more than dozen cars were demol-
lshed. Engi Fessenden and Fireman
Adslt were badly hurt but the passengers.
escaped with severe shaking UP.
Robert Rdgely, colored, aged seventy
three years, dropped dead at the altar rails
IN st. Francis Xavier Church. Baltimore,
after he had knelt to receive communion.
The Clydeline steamer George H. Stout. run
ming between Philadel phia and Norfolk and
NeWberne, n c., was burned at her wharf
in Newberne. The steamer had to be sunk
to exhngulsh the fire, and the damage is es-
umated at $4,000. The loss on the cargo is
not given.
A dispatch from Brownsville, Tex, saws
reports Of another hurricane in the pulf
moving westward create great uneasiness
there. Seven inches of rain fell recently.
and the Rlo Grande is higher than ever be-
1cre The whole country along the river is
inundated. In Matamoras the flood has
spread greatly. The steamer Aranzas has
been two days Oft the bar unable to COM
municate with the town on account of the
rough weather
Charles Slingluff, Jr, tax collector for the
school board of Norristown from 1882 to-
1885, has been convicted of embezzling S. 600
collected. A stay of sentence was granted,
and new trial will be asked for.
I. G. Perrne and s. L. Stewart INSTALL
ment dealers, the former of Pittsburg tho
latter OF Altoona, have been convicted in the
Court of Common Pleas of con-
'piracy to defraud creditors
Robert Garrett has been reelected a director
# the Ohio and Mississippi railroad.
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